I am working on the new suspension for my 32 Plymouth and need to get some junk tires and wheels to put on the car while I am working on it. I plan to run 195/75R15 in the front and 235/75R15 in the rear. I can easy come up with tires from a junkyard. I want to get some junk wheels too. I think ranger / explorer / F150 will all be good donors for the rear wheels. I am not sure what wheels to get for the front. Can anyone suggest a non front wheel drive donor car that would run a 15" x 5"-7" wheel with 5 x 4.5 bolt pattern? I plan to buy either Wheel Vintique or Rally America (wheel kid) wheels, but I do not want to buy them now and have them on while I finish the restoration. Thanks, Brad
I know its a pain and expensive and seems backwards but having your actual wheels and tires while you are doing your suspension work will save you heartache later....dont ask how i know....FWIW
Most Dodge Dakota 5 lug wheels but not sure if they are the required 15" diameter. Crown Victoria/Gran Marquis including spare tire donuts. There are also many aluminum wheels that may work that come on Chrysler vehicles but those may give you problems with offset issues. If you can run 14" wheels then almost any Mopar steel wheel all the way back to the late 50's will work too, just make sure they clear your brakes.
The list is pretty long when you start looking for wheels that are 15inch with a five on 4-1/2 bolt pattern. Just about any Ford car that is rear wheel drive from 70 up to the last square body ones plus the small Rangers and Explorers Most models of Jeep Cherokee. Many Mopars from the 70's and 80's I'd arm myself with a bolt pattern gauge so I could know what I was looking for and maybe a home made gauge that was the size of your hubs and hit the yard sales or junk yards looking for prospective wheels. A lot of guys buy custom wheels and especially for rigs like the Jeep wranglers that DaPeach mentioned and stick the factory wheels in the garage only to finally be sold in a garage sale a few years later for pennies on the dollar. You do want the right offset on the wheels to match what you have planned. I can see the point for buying the correct size new wheels and tires like you want to finally run but by the time a lot of us get the rig going the tires are several years old and it also ties up several hundred bucks that could be better used on the build and get the wheels and tires when the build is nearly finished. The exception might be putting a set of proper size used tires on the rims you plan to run so you do have the right size and model rim on the car. That wouldn't be hard with 15 inchers even if it looked a little hokey with new rims and old tires.
I am looking at 195's from Coker Tire. http://www.cokertire.com/p195-75r15-american-cl***ic-2-1-4-whitewall.html Thanks to all who replied.
Ford Aerostar vans. I bought a couple when I was mocking up the drivetrain on my '63 Falcon g***er. They were 15"x6" wheels, with more backspacing offset than I wanted, but they worked. They are also 5x4.5" pattern.
these might help= http:www.roadkillcustoms.com/hot-r...e-database.asp http:www.jalopyjournal.com/forums/s...t&pattern&help http://www.m***mudders.com/boltpatternref.html http://www.mr3.com/text/wheelpatterns.txt
Jeep I think I gave 15 a piece with a may pop on them if you look that's what I'm running in the picture to your left
Exactly why I have had a set of four on top of the barn for the past 18 yrs. I pulled one down last night, was considering using on the T. The backspacing is around 5.75". Too much for me, but if it's something you can use, let me know...you're only about an hour from me.
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